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Schizophreniform Episode Following Measles Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

M. Stoler ,
B. Meshulam ,
J. Zoldan  and
P. Sirota
M. Stoler
Affiliation:
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Geha Psychiatric Hospital and Neurological Department, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, PO Box 72, Israel
B. Meshulam
Affiliation:
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Geha Psychiatric Hospital and Neurological Department, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, PO Box 72, Israel
J. Zoldan
Affiliation:
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Geha Psychiatric Hospital and Neurological Department, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, PO Box 72, Israel
P. Sirota*
Affiliation:
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Geha Psychiatric Hospital and Neurological Department, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, PO Box 72, Israel
*
Correspondence
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Abstract

A case of schizophreniform episode following measles infection in a 27-year-old woman is presented. The possibility that the clinical picture is a first description in the literature of an association between a schizophreniform episode and possible measles-induced allergic encephalitis is discussed. Other possible connections between measles infection and schizophreniform episode are also mentioned.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 150 , Issue 6 , June 1987 , pp. 861 - 862
Copyright
Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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